First Cousin Second Cousin Chart

This capability has given rise to generative art, where patterns are created through computational processes rather than manual drawing. It must be grounded in a deep and empathetic understanding of the people who will ultimately interact with it. This is why an outlier in a scatter plot or a different-colored bar in a bar chart seems to "pop out" at us. Its order is fixed by an editor, its contents are frozen in time by the printing press. 3 This makes a printable chart an invaluable tool in professional settings for training, reporting, and strategic communication, as any information presented on a well-designed chart is fundamentally more likely to be remembered and acted upon by its audience. It was a tool, I thought, for people who weren't "real" designers, a crutch for the uninspired, a way to produce something that looked vaguely professional without possessing any actual skill or vision.